Hair pin and comb.



Y. SUMITANL HAIR PIN AND COMB.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. as. me.

1,281,227., Patented Oct. s, 1918.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS WW am HAIR PIN AND COMB.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented Oct. s, 1918.

Application filed February 13, 1918. Serial No. 217,000.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, YUKI SUMITANI, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at 522 Main 'St., Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented cer..

tain new and useful Improvements in Hair Pins and Combs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in hair pins and hair combs, and relates particularly to a device for holding a ladys suit of hair with security, by pins and combs with teeth of varying length, and with pins and combs of varying lengths.

As is well known, the suit of hair of ladies is hard, particularly over their foreheads and around the neck, to keep in such confined position that it will not loosen and fall down in an objectionable manner, unless a great many separate pins are used; and the commonly used pins with two points frequently become loosened and fall.

To overcome these and other objections, I have invented a form of pin and comb which will stay in place and hold the hair securely, and be easily taken out when the wearer desires to dress the hair.

Figure l is a top plan of the multiple tooth pin.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the same hair pin as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a combination of the pins, usable as a comb.

Fig. 4 is another embodiment of the invention as an ornamental comb.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of one end of the comb of Fig. 4.

Fig. 6 is a view of a third embodiment of the comb with curved teeth.

Fig. 7 is a transverse sectional view of the comb shown in Fig. 6.

Like numerals in different views refer to like parts. Numerals 1 and l represent the outer or end teeth of the various forms of pins and combs; 2 is the crown piece or connection holding the teeth together; 3 shows the twisted shanks of the short teeth in the embodiment in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. This form is preferably made of light wire, with the ends of the longer teeth straight to enable the user to easily thrust the device in place in the hair at all places on the head, and particularly for holding the back hair. 4, 4, 4 indicate the ends of the short teeth; and 6, 6, 6 the nontwisted ends of the secondary teeth. 5, 5 show the twisted shanks of theseoondary teeth. The twists give strength to the tooth suflicient to force the doubled ends 4 and 6 through the hair and also strength'to retain the body of hair between the teeth, while the smooth ends 4 and 6 permit the ready entry of the points between the hairs. The end teeth 1 and 1 being of single bars, easily penetrate the hair, and being long, they aid in retaining the pins at such portions of the head, such as the front and the back, where the loose, short hair may be held by the plurality of shorter teeth. The corrugations 7 and 8 in the middle of the end pins 1 and 1 and in the untwisted ends 6 of the shorter teeth also aid in retaining the pins and combs in proper position and in holding the hair as desired.

The pins may be made with any suitable number of teeth, to form holders of varying widths, for use on different parts of the head, and when made wide as in Fig. 3, they may be easily divided into smaller pins, by the severing of the crown or connection wires 2 at any desired point. With this construction and form of pins the metal or other material for the teeth may be much finer and smaller and less conspicuous than for requirements of ordinarily formed pins, and will still perform the desired functions with greater satisfaction than will the heavier pins, which tend to fall by reason of their own weight, when made of suflicient size to hold the hair.

Figs. 4 and 5 illustrate another embodiment of the teeth of varying length in an ornamental curved band comb, with corrugations in all of the teeth.

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate an embodiment similar to that in the Figs. 4 and 5, except that the teeth are curved in the direction of length of the comb instead of being corrugated transversely to the comb.

What is claimed is:

1. A hair securing device comprising a unitary structure having a series of connected teeth of varying lengths, each of the teeth being bodily undulated at some portion of its length the body of the teeth above the undulations being twisted. I

2. A hair securing device comprising a undulated at some portion of length, the

teeth being arranged in groups each consisting of teeth of each series as to length,

the end teeth of each group being of the series having teeth of greatest length.

3. A hair securing device having teeth differing in'length and arranged in successive groups containing teeth of different length, certain intermediate teeth having" Copies of this patent may be obtained for twisted portions and parallel strands at the points.

4. A hair securing device having teeth diifering in length and. arranged in succes- "sive groups containing teeth of different length, certain intermediate teeth having twisted portions and reinforced by being of double strands, the ends of the teeth being smooth, portions of the teeth being of bodily undulating form. p 7

In testimonyvvhereof I aifix my signature. YUKI SUMITANI.

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